Northern MileKitchener diesel prices
218.5¢/L-14.5 vs national
Kitchener runs 14.5¢ below the national index — a real difference on a 500-litre fill. Work out a trip
Citing this figure
Kitchener diesel: 218.5¢/L, NRCan weekly survey print Tue, 25 Aug 2026. Northern Mile Media, dashboard.northernmilemedia.com/diesel-prices/ontario/kitchener/
What drives Kitchener prices
Kitchener sits in Waterloo Region on the Highway 401 and Highway 8 corridors, and its economy runs on technology and advanced manufacturing. Tech firms and advanced plants both ship freight, keeping trucks on the move through the region. That blend of high-skill industry is what drives the local fuel market. Kitchener's position on the 401 ties it into the main southern Ontario freight spine, while the Highway 8 connection links it deeper into the region's own network. That reach across both corridors is what keeps the city connected.
Ontario survey cities
¢/L · distance from the provincial mean
Kitchener218.5 -4.2
Windsor218.6 -4.1
Kingston219.2 -3.5
Brantford219.5 -3.2
London220.3 -2.4
Barrie220.4 -2.3
Thunder Bay220.6 -2.1
St. Catharines220.8 -1.9
Oshawa221.0 -1.7
Guelph221.2 -1.5
Toronto222.4 -0.3
Hamilton223.0 +0.3
Peterborough223.9 +1.2
Sarnia223.9 +1.2
North Bay225.0 +2.3
Ottawa226.0 +3.3
Sudbury226.7 +4.0
Timmins227.7 +5.0
Sault Ste Marie231.8 +9.1
Every price is an NRCan survey observation from the print dated Tue, 25 Aug 2026. The provincial figure is the unweighted mean of its survey cities, the same figure that enters the Northern Mile Diesel Index.
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